Bedwetting
Bedwetting is when your child wets the bed involuntarily. It occurs mainly at night and affects at least 16% of children aged 5. Your child will normally outgrow the problem, so the best cure for bedwetting is often time. Bedwetting is also known as its medical term, which is enuresis. This DryNites site has been designed to give you all the information necessary to deal with this problem as well as the peace of mind that comes with knowing you are not alone in facing this problem.
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Your Bedwetting Plan
Until your child grows out of his/her bedwetting, it can be a difficult time for both of you. It may be helpful to develop a plan to help manage bedwetting and potentially lessen embarrassing moments and awkwardness that your child may feel during this difficult period. There are a number of bedwetting solutions out there to help you manage your child’s bedwetting, from behavioural modification, medication or products such as absorbent pyjama pants.
Some children respond to just one kind of treatment very well while other kids will see an improvement using a combination of treatments. As each child is different, use trial and error to establish what solution works for your family. Try one treatment, if it doesn’t work try another and so on.
DryNites® Pyjama Pants can work as part of a holistic approach to help with your child’s bedwetting. The pants come in both boys and girls with gender specific designs for either your son or daughter. DryNites’ Pyjama Pants are comfy and discreet and let your child sleep through the night while still feeling dry.
Getting a good night’s sleep will benefit the whole family, and especially the parents! Why not try a free sample of DryNites® Pyjama Pants, see what a difference they can make to managing your child’s bedwetting.
Bedwetting facts
- Children who wet the bed do not do it on purpose; it is neither their fault, nor the parents
- Bedwetting is usually a stage of development that kids simply outgrow with patience and time
- Wetting the bed is a very widespread problem, affecting millions of children around the world
- Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) can actually be divided into 2 distinct types, namely; primary nocturnal enuresis and secondary nocturnal enuresis. Both these variations have different causes and solutions
- The majority of children who wet the bed suffer from primary nocturnal enuresis
- Bedwetting is often inherited, if both parents suffered from bedwetting as children then there is an approximate 75% chance that their child will suffer from bedwetting
- Most children who wet the bed will outgrow it by the time they are 11 years old
- More boys wet the bed than girls
- Bedwetting is generally not caused by psychological or emotional reasons
Ask an Expert
Dr Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett is an veteran Child Development expert. As a mother of three young children, understanding children’s development and promoting positive approaches to parenting has become both a passion and a full-time career. Have a look at some of the questions asked by our readers and the expert answers by Dr Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett below.
12 year old daughter wets her bed daily, she says that she dreams about going to toilet. She even wets herself at school,here she says she couldnt not hold it,but her teacher says she does not ask about the need to go to toilet and she pees her skirt sit
This must be very distressing for both you and your daughter. I would imagine that your daughter is also having to deal with negative comments dir…
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Hi Kate, DryNites were designed to cater for older children who experience difficulties with bedwetting. Bedwetting is not typically considered to…
Hi. I have 2 girls ages 12 and 9 who have both been bed wetters since birth. They are both being seen to by the bladder clinic at Westmead Childrens Hospital suites. It has been established that the 12 year old has bowel problems and was placed on movicol
Even though it is our children who wet the bed, it’s often the parents who need the most support (and often don’t receive any!). Coping with b…
